Getting It Back Out is a free printable Grade 5 science worksheet on using a property of each material to separate a mixture, aligned to NGSS performance expectation 5-PS1-3. It prints 2 questions with an answer key on its own sheet of paper, in 25 versions that each ask different questions, so no two students in the class work from the same page. Print it from the browser or download it as a PDF — no account, no email.

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Getting It Back Out

5-PS1-3

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Draw a line from each mixture to the way to separate it.

1.Draw a line from each one to its match.

Salt dissolved in water
Salt mixed with pepper
Steel and plastic paperclips
Sand stirred into water

A.Adding water to dissolve the salt, then filtering out the pepper
B.A magnet, which lifts only the steel clips
C.Filter paper, which catches the sand because it has not dissolved
D.Leaving the water to evaporate, so the salt is left behind

2.Draw a line from each one to its match.

Iron filings mixed with sand
Dried peas mixed with flour
The colored inks in a black marker
Gravel mixed with sand

A.A magnet, because the iron is magnetic and the sand is not
B.Wet paper, because each ink travels up it a different distance
C.A fine sieve, which lets the flour fall through and keeps the peas
D.A sieve, because the gravel pieces are too big for its holes

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Answer key — Getting It Back Out

Set 17. Prints on its own sheet.

1.1. Salt dissolved in water — D (Leaving the water to evaporate, so the salt is left behind) 2. Salt mixed with pepper — A (Adding water to dissolve the salt, then filtering out the pepper) 3. Steel and plastic paperclips — B (A magnet, which lifts only the steel clips) 4. Sand stirred into water — C (Filter paper, which catches the sand because it has not dissolved)
2.1. Iron filings mixed with sand — A (A magnet, because the iron is magnetic and the sand is not) 2. Dried peas mixed with flour — C (A fine sieve, which lets the flour fall through and keeps the peas) 3. The colored inks in a black marker — B (Wet paper, because each ink travels up it a different distance) 4. Gravel mixed with sand — D (A sieve, because the gravel pieces are too big for its holes)

Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to 5-PS1-3 of the Next Generation Science Standards.